BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE BIRD (1853-1929) AND SARAH BEST (1855-1935), OF 22 GLASGOW STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. THREE SONS WERE KILLED IN THE WAR.
HE ENLISTED AT PETERBORO. SERVED WITH THE 1ST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED 12/09/1916 ON THE SOMME, AGED 28.
NOTE: SPELT ‘BEARD’ IN CWGC RECORDS.
HE WAS WAS ONE OF THREE HULL SONS KILLED IN THE WAR. HIS ELDER BROTHER WILLIAM ERNEST BIRD, A HULL POLICEMAN, SERVED WITH THE 2ND COLDSTREAM GURADS, AND WAS KILLED IN 1914, AGED 30. HIS OTHER BROTHER, CSM, ALBERT BIRD, MM, 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS WAS KILLED IN 1918, AGED 28.
First name:
GEORGE
Military Number:
22716
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/09/1916
Place died:
Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Somme, France
Age:
28
22 , GLASGOW STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
